2001.59.15.87.2 (Print)
Hugh E. Richardson
Hugh Richardson
1949
East Kyichu Valley Region > Gyama
2001.59.15.87.2
60 x 60 mm
Print silver
Donated August 2001
The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson
Hugh E. Richardson
Notes on print - 'Sron rtsan Krun Khan in rGya ma' (in ink) written over 'Song tsen Trung Kang Gyama' (in pencil) is written on the reverse of print in Richardson's hand and 'Velox' in an oval is stamped in black. [KC 14/6/2006]
Manual Catalogues - Notes in negative index - Folio 87. 'Gya ma srong brtsan lha khang. * see 76 for image'. [KC 30/5/2006]
Manual Catalogues - Richardson's Handlist, Negative book '9' 'Drikhung, Chongye etc.' [no] 87. 'Small chapel containing large image of Srong-brtsan sgam-po who was reputedly born in the Rgya-ma valley, where the chapel is. Photograph of the image is in my Tibet and its History p.86. The negative is missing or mislaid.' [KC 5/6/2006]
Other Information - Location: Richardson mentions this site in High Peaks, Pure Earth , London, Serindia Publications, 1998, p. 306, "Further up the [Kyichu] river in a wide valley stands Rgya-ma Khri-khang " (1949), the former administrative centre of a khri ("Thousand District") under the Mongols. It is surrounded by a square enclosure of trees and a low wall. Inside there are three large mchod-rten ... Before reaching the Khri-khang, one passes on the hillside a small stone tower reputed to mark the birthplace of Srong-brtsan Sgam-po and containing a fine image of him. [KC 5/6/2006]
Other Information - Related image: 2001.59.15.56. This is an image of the statue of Srongtsan Gampo found in the tower chapel. [KC 5/6/2006]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Chapel housing image of Srongtsan Gampo at Gyama"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
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